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VOLUME VI.—NUMBER 24.
THE STANDARD OF UNION,
BY I’. L. ROBKSOM,
rum.isiiEn (by authority) oi ru v . laws of the united states.
(TF TERMS.—Three Pollan* per annum. No subscription »akm
for less th:u> a yer.:*, and no paper disconTinueth hut at the option of
the rub’i-lo'r. UHtil nil ar»v u.i*rs are paid.
CHANGE Ob' DIRFa'TION.—We dc'iro such of our subscribers
as iHav at any imr wish the direction ot :h?ir papers changed from one
Post Office to another, to inform us, in all cases, ol the place to which
they had been previously sent; as thF mere order to forward them to a
different office, places it almost out of our power to comply, because
we have no means of ascertaining the office from which they are m
derr.l to be changed, but by a search through our whole subscription
book, containing several thousand names.
AIR ERTISEMENTS inserted at the usual rates. Sales of LAND,
by Adiui listrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be
held on the first Tues lay in the month, between the hours of ten in
the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in the coun
ty in which the prop ttv is situate. Notice of hese stiles must be gi
ven in a public cazettoSlNT\ DAYS previous to the day of sale.
Sales of NEGROES beat public auction, on the first Tuesday
of the month between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public
•ales in the county where the letters icstimentary, of Administration or
Guardianship, may have been granted, first jiv iii£ SIXTY DAYS no
tice thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this State, and at the door
of the Court House where such sales arc to be held.
Notice ’hr the sale of Personal Property must be given in like man.
ner, FORTYDAYS ptevious to the day of sale.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published
FORTY DAYS.
Notice that application will bo made to the Court of Ordinary for
leave to sell LAND, must be published for FOUR MONTHS.
Notice for leave to sell NEGROES, must be published for FOUR
MONTHS before any order absolute shall be made by the Court
thereon.
Notice ol Application for Letters of Administration must be publish
ed THIRTY DAYV.
Noth eol Application for Letters of Dismission from the Administra
tion of an Estate, are required to be published monthly for SIX
MONTHS.
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MILLIXEIIV AND Xm l A-.WiIAG.
MRS. LOUISA O’BRIEN,
aESPECTl ‘ILLY informs the I.Julies of Milledgeville
tiftl its vicinity, that she Ita< latul}’ received from Charles-’
ton. a fine assortment of BUSSETS, of her own selection
among which are
LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN’S BONNETS,
OF Till: LATEST STYLE.
Some beautiful Dcawtd B< uni ts, of a new and late style.
Also, the Latest l-'ashion fur Cl PS and If I’ -J D-DH ES.S'E.S.
and the Latest Pashions for LADIES' DEES SE S—Aiti
ficial Flowers of various ! :inds.
Her Bonnets will be sold fiom one dollar and fifty cents, to
two, three, even and twelve dollars.
Bonnets and Dresses made too derat (he shortest notice,
and of the best mater.ids, very dierip lor c ash.
Also, on handsome splendid Feathers for Bonnets.
Millcdgsville. April liitis. 1839 12—ts
I ? oa* Siale.
THE Pond Town settlement of land comprising 1620
acres, about 400 cleared and in good order for farming,
attached is a comfortable dwelling, gin-house, an I other ne
cessary out buildings. The lands all lie adjoining, a part in
Sumter and the balance in Marion county. A great bargain j
will be given for cash or on a -bolt ciedit, information can
be had relative to its value by reference to Col. Thomas
Bivinsof Marion, or Capt.Jno. B. Coleman of Sumter Ap
ply toihe subscriber, LaGrange, Geo. L. A. BOND.
June 5. 1839 20—tam2ni
GAINESVILLE FEMALE H.GH SCHOOL.
G. BEAUMONT, A. M. of Cambridge University, Great
Britain, Principal. * )
THIS Establishment, for which a spacious Building.
Botanical Garden, and extensive grounds are in the
course of active preparation, w ill be opened for the education
of Young Eadies in the following branches of polite learning;
The Modern Languages; French. Italian, Spanish, and
German ; the Belles Lettres, Music, Drawing. Elocution, the
Mathematics. Experimental and Moral Philosophy, Botany
and Geology; ns well as the usual studies of the Primary
Departments.
The mode of instruction in all branches, will be pursued on
philosophical principles calculated to save the time ami increase
the interest of the student. The ground work of this system
is a laborious analysis of the studies themselves, resulting in
the compilation of entirely new elementary books, by the
Principal of this Seminary; while the physical sciences will
be taught entirely by Lectures, explanatory of facts exhibited
by the Philosophical Apparatus.
The developement of all the tunclionsof mind and body,
that are calculated for the permanent advantage of the Pupils,
will be the care of the Principal and his fellow teachers. The
discipline will lie on principles of preserving lhe self respect of
Pupil and Instructor. The a Ivancernent of the Pupil will
be sec'll red by a weekly rectifying of the classes upon exami
nation and r< view.
The charges are (see advertisement. Dec. 1838.) respect
ively,.32l 00 Primary Department; §45 00 Second ; §BO 00
Senior.
No extra charge for any of the above named or any branch
of study taught in this Seminary, except for Music, for which
arrangements are in forwardness with an eminent, teacher;
but in the mean time, the use of the Piano, with competent
instruction, free of charge, will Im allowed to students who
have partly acquired that accomplishment.
Term, 10months; commence January Ist, 1839.
Board at §lOper month and under, is secured for Pupils at
a respectable citizen’s, under the superintendence of one of
the Teachers.
Mr. G. BEAUMONT, who is an English Barrister, and
the author of several approved works on Law, the Belles Let
tres. ami Education, having selected Gainesville as a location
for his family, recommends to others, that which decided him
in this selection ; the undoubted salubrity of this district, the
lesidence there of the most eminent members of the Medical
Faculty, the quiet manners of the neighborhood, and the well
supplied markets.
Jan. 22. 1839. 52—ts
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA:
. By GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor of said State.
Having received official information that a murder was
committed on the body of Martin Cochran, in Cobb
county, outlie 2d day of May, 1839, by STEPHEN BIWM
LY, and that the said Brunily has fled from juttice, I have
thought proper to issue this my Proclamation, hereby offering
a reward of Two llunpkf.d Pollaks, to any person or per
sons w> o may apprehend and deliver the said Brnmly to lhe.
Sheriff or Jailor of Cobb county ; and Ido moreover require
all officers, civil ami military, of this State, to he vigilant in
qpdeavoring to apprehend the sai l Brutnly, in order that, he
may l>c tried for the crime with wlnch he stands charged.
r , Given umler my hand, ami the great seal of the
' 1..5. , State, at at the Capitol in Milledgeville, this 31sl
< May. 1839.
GEORGE R. GILMER.
Bv *he Governor:
W >A. Tennille, Secretary of State.
Description — Ihe said Brnmly is spare made, light hair,
fair complexion. mid bine eyes, rather round shouldered, about
five feel, fen or eleven inches high, and will weigh about 150
pounds. He is addicted to li tbits of intemperance, mid is about
45 or 50 years of ago. Juno 18. 23 2t
1 K E\MS < f lir-t rate MEDII M PRINTING
JL •.> PAPER, for sale at the “Standard” office.
June 25. 1839. ‘22—tf
Standard of Union.
POETRY.
HE COMES.
BY CATHARINE 11. WATERMAN.
He conic.’ —
Home's holy spells around liis heart are cast,
Their senile music-breath hath lured him back,
Ami the soft shadowy pictures of the past
Stall up again before his homeward truck;
My brother comes.
He comes—
The echoes of loved voices hush’d so loner,
Have stolen like spirits thro’ his midnight dreams;
And tones have whisper* d in their fairy song,
Bringing back moments lit by fairy gleams;
My brother comes.
He comes—
But. oh the eyes that shone in joy for him,
As his loved footsteps’ echo met the ear,
With their long witching vigils have grown dim,
And beam but sadly nt these w ords of cheer,
My brother comes.
lie comes—
But long,long weary years have fled away*, e
Ami time, perchance, hath sadly changed bis face.
Blanched liis dark locks with the world’s slow decay,
But each loved lineament again we’ll trace:
My brother comes.
He comes—
Sneed him, white sails’, across the heaving deep;
Change hath notcrept into our hearts—those years
Have been hut trust v jailors, sent to keep
Closer those tried affections, must in tears;
My brother comes.
He comes—
Home's holy spells around his heart are cast.
Their gentle music-breath hath lured him back;
Ami the soft, shadowy pictures of the past
Start up again before his homeward track;
My brother comes.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CHANCE.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
As a young matt of fashionable appearance was
turning the corner of lite Rue de Seine, he suddenly
Mopped, and raising his glass, began to examine an
old painting, hanging against the wall, vith the air
of a connoisseur. While thus engaged, his eye ac
cidentally rested on the figure of a lad respectably
dressed, standing in a dark corner—one hand cover
ed his face, while the other was stretched out to receive
the contributions of the charitable. At this moment
two females were passing; one was enveloped in the
ample folds of a plaid cloak, and a thick veil, through
the latter of which one could distinguish the clear
blue eyes of the young girl, sparkling like two brill
iant stars through the gloom of night; the other had
the appearance of a waiting maid.
“Lend me some money, Ninette,” said the young
lady, who had observed the boy, “ 1 have forgotten
my purse,” “ Well, and so have I, mademoiselle, 1
have but just sufficient to pay for crossing’the Pont
des Arts—We must give you something another time,
child,” continued the soubrette to the youthful men
dicant as she passed on. “No, no—lend me what
von have,” replied her young mistress, laying hold
of her arm, “ we can go over the Pont des Ttiileries.”
“But, mademoiselle, that is so much farther; and
you know how uneasy madame is when we are too
late—there! it is just striking two at the Institute.”
“ An additional reason that you should lend me your
money quickly,” added the young lady, in a tone of
slight impatience. The two sous were dropped into
the thin pale hand of the little fellow.
The young man who had been examining the pic
ture, observing this interesting scene, directed his
glass towards the lady, as she hastened away to make
up for lost time, and in stepping over the wet pave
ment with the grace of an elegant Parisian, exhibited
a foot and ankle of faultless symmetry. But turning
the corner formed by the quay at this place, she was
soon out of sight. He then approached the little
mendicant, who still held the two-sous piece, and pla
ced in his hand a five-franc.
The poor Hide fellow, on discovering the amount
of the donation was quite overcome by feelings of
gratiude—“Oh! you are very good, very kind, sir!
—this is just as much as we want to pay our lodgings;
without it our landlord woidd have turned us out, and
my father must have slept in the street to-night. Oh !
sir, you have saved his life.” And the poor fellow
leant against the wall for support. “ What is your
father doing, my lad ?” said the young man in a com
passionate tone.* “Nothing, sir; he was a coach
man ; but was disabled by an accident, and now he
cando nothing; while my mother lived she worked
for him ; but since her death, we have been obliged
to pawn our furniture, and I can do nothing. I have
come out to-day in despair to beg. Oh ! how pain
ful it has been—l can never do it again, but, mon
Dieu ! to-morrow w ill come, would that 1 could work.”
“ And why not, my lad, you express yourself well :
I suppose you can read and write?” “ O yes, sir,
and cast accounts also ; my mother taught me.”—
“If your father has no objection, you shall be my
servant, and I will provide for him too.” The poor
lad, overwhelmed with gratitude, burst into tears, and
could with difficulty express a wish that his benefac
tor should come and see his father. They turned into
the Rue Mazarine. “My name,” said the little fel
low, “ is Thom, I shall be fourteen next Easter,” and
he stood on tiptoe in order to appear to the best ad
vantage ; “ I promise to be very careful, attentive,
and faithful; I can bear hunger without inconvenience
—I am used to it. Yon can pay my wages to my
father, after deducting the five francs which you gave
me, and then, you know, I shall not have received
charity.” The young man smiled. “ I shall thus
do for my poor old father, what he did for me when
I was helpless. Is not this right, sir? But here is
the house. Excuse me if I walk first, sir, the passage
is dark.” He led his benefactor through.a winding
passage, and up numerous (lights of steps, until they
arrived at a miserable garret, where they found the
<d<l coachman lying on a wretched pallet, surrounded
by all the appearance of extreme poverty. He, of
course, readily consented to the proposition of M.
Amadte de Tainville to take Thom into his service,
and himself to the hospital of Rochefoucault.
Thom, equipped in a handsome livery, waited on
his master the next evening to ask if lie had any fur
ther demands for him, and if he had acquitted him
self to his satisfaction. “ Quite so,” was the reply,
“ Are you content with your new situation ?” “ Ob,
yes, sir—there is but one thing that troubles me now.
OUR CONSCIENCE OUR COUNTRY OUR PARTY.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1839.
If 1 could but thank the pretty girl that gave me the
two sous yesterday.” “ How do you know that she
was pretty,” said his master, eagerly. “It was her
voice, sir—oh, that sweet voice still sonnds’ in my
ears; I should know it a hundred years hence if I
were to live so long. And, when I think,” continued
be, “ that she preferred going round the Pont des
T(tiileries rather than refuse to assist the unfortunate !
Perhaps 1 should not have attracted your notice, if
it had not been for her. But I hope to see her again.”
And a tear of gratitude rolled down his sunken
cheek. Amadee de Tainville sighed and dismissed
Thom for the night.
As the waiting woman and her young mistress turn
ed the corner of the street in which they resided, a
post-chaise dashed by them, and suddenly compelled
them to draw up against the wall. “ How late you
are, Antonine,” said Mr. Darhlay. a grave and wor
thy magistrate of the Cour Royale, in a tone of re
proach ; “your cousin arrived unexpectedly in your
absence, and the ambassador with whom he travels
to Naples, having only allowed him time to’change
horses, he was obliged to leave Paris without seeing
you. Yon are not yet personally acquainted with
him my child, and I wished to introduce you to cadi
other before he set out for Italy, where he is to remain
six months.” ‘ 1 beg your pardon, my dear papa,”
said Antonine, breathless with running; “ but it oas
* * *“ is your aunt worse, then ?” exclaimed Ma
dame Darhlay, eagerly- “No, dear me, she is much
better, but it was * * * Oh, I’il tell you anoth
er time; at present let us talk of my cousin Gusta
vus.”
About six months after this, M. Darhlay was sitting
one morning in hi? great arm chair, at a round ta
ble, strewed with books, albums, and journals of al)
sorts. An open letter bearing the post mark of Na
ples, lay before him ; Madame Darblay, seated by
his side, held some embroidery, but ber labours had
evidently been suspended by something of greater
interest.
So your nephew, madam, declines to become my
son-in-law ; he has broken the connexion which his
father and myself were so anxious to form, by mar
rying a stranger. I wish him every happiness, but
I regret his marriage; the prospect of uniting him
to our family was the hope and consolation of my old
age.” “ Antonine is still very young,” replied Ma
dame Darhlay timidly, hastily seizing the letter and
putting it in her pocket.
Antonine approached her mother gaily, but soon
perceived by her countenance that something disa
greeable had occurred ; and although she possessed
the entire confidence of her parents, she would not
increase their embarrassment by unseasonable ques
tions. She, therefore, in order to withdraw their
thoughts from the subject, whatever it might be, sat
down at the piano, and after preluding with great taste
executed a slow’ and melancholy movement, from
which she passed rapidlv to a gnv and, lively air * * *
Dinner was announced, and M. Darhlay who had
now recovered his habitual cheerfulness, led his wife
and daughter into the dinner room.
During the afternoon, while M. Darhlay was enjoy
bis usual “siesta,” Antonine and her mother walked
in lhe garden ; and the latter, after some hesitation,
addressed her daughter on the subject which appear
ed to press so heavy on her mind.
“ Antonine, my dear, your cousin Gustavus is mar
ried !—you must think of him no more” —“ it will
not be difficult to comply with your request, my dear
mother, as I have never seen my cousin,” replied An
tonine, calmly, “I only saw the post-chaise in which
be departed for Italy.” “If Gustavus had known
your merits,” continued Madame Darhlay, he would
not have renounced the engagement his father had
made for him on his death bed ; therefore I excuse
him. You arrived ten minutes too late ! Singular]
chance!” added she, with a sigh. “And if you
knew the cause of that chance," said Antonine, gaily. I
“ Aly dear,” returned Madame Darhlay, recollecting ]
herself, there is no such thing as chance — it is God |
who directs ; and, what we call chance, is happy or ‘
unhappy, according as the cause that has produced ]
it is good or bad.” “Oh! make yourself easy on
the subject then—the cause was good. It will be nil
for the best. Who knows if I should have been hap- ]
py with my cousin ?”
The steam boat, “la Ville de Corbeil,” was on the |
point of starting from the quay de la Greve; the I
deck was crowded with passengers, and the stnoke 1
ascended from its funnel in a thi< k, black column, I
when a young man, followed by a servant carrying)
a portmanteau, alighted from a cabriolet, and jumped )
on board as the bell rang. The noise and bustle of
starting having subsided, and each passenger having
arranged himself with a view to his comfort during
the short voyage, some began to read the poetry of
de Lamartine; others were engaged with the morn
ingpapers; but the greater number were leaning
over the side, staring vacantly nt the boiling foam
occasioned by the wheels, as if listening to the grum
bling of the gently gliding wave for being impeded
in its course towards the sea.—Things were in this
state when a heavy splash was heard at one end of the
boat, and immediately afterwards, a cry of “My
father ! —My father is drowning ! —Help !” A voicce
at the other extremity responded, “That’s her voice,
sir!”—Another splash was beard, and, in a few’ sec
onds, two men were seen in the water, one of whom,
who appeared to be an expert swmimer, supported
the other with some difficulty. The boat was stop
ped, and the drowning man and his preserver were,
with the assistance of ropes, drawn on board ; where
the former soon recovered, under the tender care of
his wife and daughter.
Tlte “VilledeCorbeil” continued its voyage, and
the passengers resumed their former occupations.
M. Darhlay had a summer retreat on the banks
of the Seine, not far from Corbeil, to w hich he some
times retired from the active duty of his office. It
was to this retirement he was going on the present
occasion, when, approaching incautiously too near
the side, he fell overboard. As soon as he could
speak, he eagerly asked “to whom he was indebted
for liis life —“To M. Amadee de Tainxille,” an
swered Thom who was very officious in rendering
every assistance to M. Darhlay’.—“ Amadee de
Tainville!” echoed M. Darhlay, “your father was
my most intimate college friend,” added he, offering
his hand, “buttlie military life he embraced senara-
e ■ ted us, and he fell on the field of battle. lam glad
ej chance has made me indebted to his son for my life.”
r “ Chance I ” murmured Antonine, with her eyes full
y ] of tears. —“Alight I ask the object ofyour voyage?”
I' said Madame Darhlay. “ This question is not prompt
ci ; ed by cold and idle curiosity, as you may readily
s[ imagine, but by the lively interest in one to whom I
! ] owe so much.” “ The truth is,” answered de Tain
f. ville, “that I have no further object than a simple ex
’ cursion in the environs of Paris.” The Ville de
i | Corbeil had bv this time, arrived at her destination,
11 Aladame Darhlay having first consulted her husband’s
| looks, pressed de Tainville to do them the honor of
- i accepting the hospitality of their country residence
a I for a few days. Amadee accepted the offer without
1 ] much hesitation ; and, giving his arm to Aladame
i I Darhlay, he led her on shore. Antonine followed,
- I leaning on the arm of her father ; and Thom and the
- waiting-woman, carrying the band-boxes, brought up
r the rear.
s On a fine summer evening, some months after the
s events related above, the family of the hav
r ing ordered chairs to be carried to the terrace in front
!i of their house, which commanded a view of the
i Seine, were enjoying lhe cool evening breeze, and
i admiring the rich landscape before them, softened by
’ the last feeble rays of the setting sun. Antonine, who
; was sitting on her mother’s knee, appeared thougbt-
- fill and melancholy ; her eyes were alternately di
i reeled to her father and the river. “ Antonine.” said
- her mother, “what is the matter with you ? If you
- are unhappy at the thoughts of your approaching
marriage, say so ; there is still time to withdraw.”—
I ] Oh! I am not unhappy, but I am always melancholy
- ] w hen I look at the dark stream w hich winds along so
I ; tranquilly ; I think of the frightful moment when it
-1 had nearly swallowed my dear father, —and then I
/1 think of his preserver ! Oh! how I thank you for
H allowing me to love Amadee de Tainville.”—“De
r] Tainville is a noble fellow,” interrupted M. Darhlay,
“and he is rising rapidly in his honorable profession :
;| —I should be proud of such a son; and I therefore
< | bless the chance that has given him to me as a son
-] in-law.”— '‘Chance!” repeated Antonine with an
II air of abstraction, “ mamma says there is no such
11 thing; but that every thing is directed by the hand
1 of God.”
The morrow was a joyful, a solemn day ; it was
I that of the marriage of Antonine Darhlay and Ama
dee de Tainville. The neighboring peasants were
i invited to participate in the festivities, and were as-
■ sembled in the court; the domestics dressed in their
I best, and decorated with white favors, occupied th<
t antechamber.—Thom alone was absent. Amadee,
■ accompanied by’ his friends and relations, anxiously
• awaited his affianced in the drawing room. She en
t tered, leaning on her father’s arm. The beautiful
> bride, enveloped in the graceful folds of a white veil,
> and resembling the figure of an angel surrounded by
f clouds, was presented to the friends of the bride-
I groom by her father, and Aladatne Darhlay, on her
‘ part, introduced de Tainville to his new relations
The bridegroom seizing the hand of Antonine, con-
- ducted her to the deep recess of a large window’, the
I curtains of which were partly drawn, and, removing
, them, exhibited the figure of a mendicant. It was
• Thom dressed as when he asked charity in the Rue
de Seine, and holding in his hand a two-sous piece.
Antonine, after a little hesitation, recollected Thom,
i and turning to Amadee, demanded an explanation of
• this scene, — “It is thus you have always appeared to
my imagination;—since that day I sought you every
where, but without success, till the moment Thom
knew your voice.” Aladatne Darhlay observing the
emotion of Antonine, approached to know’ the cause
of it.
“Ah! my dear mother! cried Antonine, hiding
) her face in her bosom “you tire right— "there is no
such thing as chance! ”
BOARDERS AT HOTELS.
The Rev. 11. Rnflher, of Virginia, in his notes on a
] tour in Tennessee, in IS3S, in speaking of theboarders
] of the City Hotel, in Nashville, where he put up while
' there, sa vs :
“I may as well here, as elsewhere, notice a certain
l custom of boarders at public houses—a custom which
] I observed at almost every place in my tour, but more
] partiriihirly in Tennessee. It may be thus described
] in general :
| You arrive, a stranger at a public house; you wish
] to see men and things, soyoil keep a good deal about
] the bar room and door. Near meal time you observe
the company increase ; young men and middle aged
men come in ; and as the minutes wear away, thev be
come restless, pacing the room near the door that leads
to the dining hall, ami seeming frequently to listen, as
if they watched for tokens of a coming person orevent,
itignorantof this custom yourcurjpsity is excited to
learn the cause of their movements and gestures.
Wait a little, and you will see them simultaneously
rush through the door, and hrtry into the dining roonf,
almost before the dinner bell. You and other stran
gers begin to follow. Before you have time to enter
the dining room, you hear a thundering of chairs
succeeded instantly by a sharp confused clatter of
plates, dishes, knives and forks—vVhenyou enter the
room, you find all the most con venimt seats at the ta
ble occupied by a set of men, with heads down & j
mouths open; and pieces rapidly disappearing from i
their plates by the quick three fold operation of a cut ]
—a gape—and a sw allow . —You may take you seat ]
where you can, eat as you list—what is it to them?
’ They see you not, their eyes are on their plates—
they hear yon not, their ears are filled w ith the music
of the knives, f rks and glasses. By the time you I
an 1 fairly underway with your meal, you again bear '
the freqmmt grating ofchairson the floor as they rise
and depart.
Now 1 have but two remarks to make on this custom:
Ist, It is unmannerly, thus to push in before stran
gers to the table, to take all the first places, and to I
snatch all the choice dishes : and 2d, it is vulgar, to I
rush, seize gulp down a meal, like a pack of famished ] i
hounds.” i
These alleged characteristics in the conduct and i
manners ofboarders in certain hotels of Tennessee, <
are supposeil, bv dose observers, to be something 1
in a very slight degree, perceptible among boarders at i
hotels, in other places.
F. Iz. KOBIft’SON, Proprietor.
WHOLE NUMBER 284.
STEAMBOAT PONTCHARTRAIN.
The Texian newspapers, received by the steam
ship New York, mention the arrival of the Pontchar
train at Matagorda, without giving the details of the
accident which drove Iter into that harbor. The fol
lowing letter from Captain Riebaud will gratify the
public curiosity with a full statement cf lhe particu
lars of that event:
“ On the 22d May, being in lat. 27, long. 94, one
of the boilers bursted, no doubt through the negli
gence of the engineer, who suflered the salt w>ater to
remain in them for four days w ithout cleaning them
’ out. The next day a second bursted, and the 24th
a third. The other four that remained were so much
damaged that they were of no use,
“ Having thus escaped death several times, as it
were by miracle, our crew, discouraged and woftl
down Gy four days constant fatigue and want of sleep,
loudly called upon the captain to make for the near
est shore. We were then in the latitude of Matamo
ras, w hich is occupied by the troops of Bustamente.
Under these circumstances I proposed that we should
throw ourselves upon the hospitality of the Texians,
and ask relief from them, rather than fall into the
hands of Bustamente’s party, who were aware that
the Pontcliartrain was sold to the federalists, and that
her presence at Tampico would save that place from
being attacked. I hesitated not a moment to direct
the captain to make for Galveston, which was done
immediately. The passengers and crew, who had
lost all their strength and courage in their previous
sufferings, were inspired with fresh vigor. They
stripped the blankets and sheets from their beds to
make sails for the boat, with which she was unpro
vided.
“In this condition we were tossed about for four
days at the mercy of the winds and waves, trying to
make Galveston. Though we were unable to arrive
there, yet we had the good fortune to reach Alatagor
da, where w e are now landed. Besides the dangers
of the winds and waves in a boat not built for the
sea, we had only half a cask of water, at the distance
of 280 miles from land, and consequently were re
duced to a very small allowance. But, thank Hea
ven ! all our misfortunes are over; we are in a coun
try whose motto is philanthrophy, hospitality, etc,
etc.”
The Pontcliartrain arrived at Matagorda the 27th
May. As soon as she entered the harbor, she was
provisionally seized by lhe Texian authorities as Mex
ican property, till the decision of the government at
Houston should be made known. Captain Riebaud
immediately addressed a memorial to the president of
the republic, in which he described tlte manner in
which the Pontcliartrain was driven into Matagorda.
The application was successful—the boat w as restored
to him and he received the most friendly treatment
from Col. Horton, the collector, and Air. Alassina, his
assistant, as well as from the Texians generally.
Air. Riebaud, however, finds it extremely difficult
to repair the Pontcliartrain, as no materials are to be
found there suitable to that purpose, and he is desti
tute of provisions and fuel with which to prosecute
his voyage to Tampico. Under these circumstances
it is apprehended that he will be compelled to abandon
the boat and return to New’ Orle ms.— N. O. Lou.
MATRIMONY.
Ive been afeered to venture on matrimony miself,
and I don’t altogether think that I shall speculate in
that line for one while; it jist suit a rovin man like me.
It’s a considerable of a tie; —and then it aint like a
horse deal, which if you don’t like the beast, you can
put it off’in a raffle, or a trade, ora swop, and suit
yourself better; butyou must make the best of a bad
bargain, anti put up with ib It aint often you meet A
critter of the right mettle; spirited yet gentle, easy
on the bit, sure footed and spry; no bitin, no kickin,
or sulken, or racen or refusen to go, or runneil
hack, and then clean limbed and carriage. It’s about
the difficultest piece of business I know of.
A SISTER’S love.
There is something inexpressibly touching in a sis
ter’s love. Her heart is a realm of pure and unearth
ly affections, and happy should that brother he to
w hom she clings through the changing scenes of this
blighting world. She lias been hi companion Iron)
childhood—she watched the developement of his mind
and person—she has admonished him w hen wrong,
and smiled upon his triumphs—she has peopled his
mind with the rare and beautiful treasures oi her own
—she b,as taught him those virtues whi' h w ill render
him a useful member of society, prepare him fordeath,
and embalm his memory when he had passed awayq
Sooner can you bind the free wind than seal tip the
springs of such mysterious affections. They will flow’
on. and lhe desert and lhe cave cannot resist their
progress. And as sorrow and misfortune strip from
lite its charms and dreams, there is one recollection
that will come like music to a brother’s heart ; that
will thrill upon its darkened and troubled depths with
a strange yet sweet melody, and bring tip sc< n«S of
home and childhood, long unremembered by him. It
is the recollection of a sister’s love.
AN O TIIF.R FRANK EN ST IL IN.
The New’ York Sun says that a mechanic in Rus
sia is said to have succeeded in making a steam man. _
It is one of the most interesting inventions ever offer
ed to the public. It is a large Coilo<sal stature, the
feet of w hich tire placed upon wheels on a railroad,
and as he goes thundering over the course, the steam
comes puffing out of his nostiils in a manner to give
the appearance of Satan, as pictured out in revelation.
•yl Relic of Antiquity.-— Mr. R. S. Piescot, of this
city, in ploughing the field in w hat is called York
shire Quarter, a few rods from tin Derhv Turnpike,
a few days since turned up from a deep furrow , an
ancient silver coin o r ahout the size of a hall dollar,
which, on being cleaned, was found to be in good
preservation. It is coV( red w’ith 1L brew <li rai ters.
(■■is we are informed, not having seen it.) and bears
the date of II 97—consequently mu>t hnv, lie, n coined
upwards oi six hundred and forts vi sit’s ago. |t ~ a
mystery how it came there a- the laud is in a sidnnh
ol the town, was never built upon, and (hr many
years was not cultivated. We hope some learned
antiquarian will give us a cQireyl destriplion of it.-
N. Haven rirryl’l